Just before the halfway point of Saturday night’s 50-lap Top Gun Weekend finale at Illinois’ Macon Speedway, Logan Seavey was in the midst of a tussle for the lead. Within the blink of an eye, he found himself fifth on the 1/5-mile bullring.

That’s when he got back on the saddle and went to work, methodically picking his way back into contention and into the lead on the 38th circuit before pacing the final 13 laps to earn his eighth USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory of the 2024 season.

In doing so, the Sutter, Calif. native pocketed a cool $10,000 while also becoming the first driver to reach the eight-win mark during a USAC National Sprint Car season before the end of June since Tom Bigelow in 1977. That year, Bigelow went on to set a still-standing record of 14 feature victories during the season, and Seavey is well on his way to making a run at the all-time record in his Abacus Racing/MPV Express – C3G CPAs – Indy Custom Stone/DRC/Stanton Chevy.

Furthermore, Seavey, the current series championship point leader, became the first driver to win a feature in multiple USAC national divisions at Macon after scoring a USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship victory in August of 2023.

The lone 50-lap USAC National Sprint Car main event of the year also allowed Seavey to become just the sixth driver in USAC history to capture 50-lap wins with the Silver Crown, National Sprint and National Midget divisions in his career, something only achieved previously by Dave Darland, Dave Steele, George Snider, Tony Stewart and Tracy Hines.

Seavey’s Macon score also came less than two weeks following his victory on the similar, but even smaller 1/6-mile dirt oval at Action Track USA in Kutztown, Pa. The efforts gave him and his No. 57 wins on each of the two smallest tracks on the schedule within the same month.

“We’ve been good at the short tracks, which haven’t really my style lately,” Seavey noted. “It seems like the half-miles are where I go better at. These guys are getting me fast at the short tracks too. It’s a lethal combo and I’m just happy to be driving this thing.”

USAC Highlights Macon Speedway Top Gun Saturday June 29, 2024

USAC Sprint Car Results Action Top Gun Weekend Macon Saturday

1. Logan Seavey (6)

 2. Daison Pursley (5)

 3. Robert Ballou (8)

4. Brady Bacon (4)

5. C.J. Leary (11)

6. Mitchel Moles (10)

7. Kyle Cummins (13)

 8. Wesley Smith (3)

9. Jake Swanson (2)

10. Jadon Rogers (1)

11. Mario Clouser (9)

12. Matt Westfall (15)

 13. Hunter Maddox (18)

14. Carson Garrett (14)

15. Cody Williams (20)

16. Justin Grant (7)

17. Joey Amantea (19)

18. Kevin Thomas Jr. (16)

19. Nic Harris (12)

20. Hayden Harvey (21)

21. Colten Cottle (17). NT